People: Aug. 6, 1928

"Names make news." Last week the following names made the following
news:
James Joseph Tunney sent a check for $1,000 to prospective Polar Pilgrim
Richard Evelyn Byrd and a telegram: "If the American people knew what
you are going to do and the difficulties attending the financing of an
expedition of this magnitude, they would overwhelm you. My own check is
a very humble indication of my own faith in your purpose."

Will Rogers, in the only daily syndicate feature carried by the New York
Times,...